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AVP Tour
$1,000,000 AVP Crocs Cup Shootout presented by Bud Light Manhattan Beach Open
September 17 - 21, 2008

(21, Q12) Joaquin Acosta/Paul Baxter

Joaquin Acosta

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 1, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio Piedras, PR

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara
Brigham Young

Seasons:

4

Tournaments:

29

Career Best:

2nd (NVL Malibu 2011)

Career AVP Best:

7th (Brooklyn 2009)

Career Winnings:

$19,320.00

Paul Baxter

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 1, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Columbia Heights, MN

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Ball State

Seasons:

18

Tournaments:

174

Career Best:

3rd (6 times)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

$171,788.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	$17,910.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Did not play	Mark Paaluhi - 9th
2000	Did not play	Sean Scott - 17th
2001	Did not play	Jason Ring - 17th
2002	Did not play	Alika Williams - 5th
2003	Did not play	Carl Henkel - 33rd
2004	Did not play	Scott Wong - 9th
2005	Did not play	Fred Souza - 13th
2006	Did not play	Aaron Boss - 25th
2007	Jonathan Acosta - 41st	Dain Blanton - 17th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 9/17/2008

Qualifier 1

Jaren Barredo / Michael Boosin (Q53)

Won 21-6, 21-11

0:30

Thu, 9/18/2008

Qualifier 2

Evan Engle / Jeff Jones (27, Q21)

Won 21-15, 21-12

0:42

Fri, 9/19/2008

Winner 1

Billy Allen / Braidy Halverson (12)

Lost 18-21, 17-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	57	22	11	0.193	3	11	0	1
	1	28	10	5	0.179	1	5	0	0
	2	29	12	6	0.207	2	6	0	1
Paul Baxter	Total	13	5	0	0.385	0	20	2	3
	1	10	4	0	0.400	0	12	2	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	0	8	0	1

Fri, 9/19/2008

Contender 1

Jeremie Holmes / AJ Mihalic (28, Q22)

Won 21-13, 21-11

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	43	20	0	0.465	5	2	1	0
	1	19	8	0	0.421	3	1	0	0
	2	24	12	0	0.500	2	1	1	0
Paul Baxter	Total	14	4	4	0.000	1	7	1	3
	1	7	1	3	-0.286	1	6	0	1
	2	7	3	1	0.286	0	1	1	2

Fri, 9/19/2008

Contender 2

John Mayer / Jeff Nygaard (11)

Lost 11-21, 19-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	Total	38	15	4	0.289	0	5	0	0
	1	18	8	2	0.333	0	2	0	0
	2	20	7	2	0.250	0	3	0	0
Paul Baxter	Total	13	4	4	0.000	0	8	0	3
	1	5	1	3	-0.400	0	3	0	2
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	5	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Joaquin Acosta	138	57	15	0.304	8	18	1	1
Paul Baxter	40	13	8	0.125	1	35	3	9

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	$14,160.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	$17,910.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Joaquin Acosta												Paul Baxter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,250.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	8	0	$9,155.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	133	0	0	5	0	15	66	38	5	0	$135,217.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,875.00	Manhattan Beach	13	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	1	0	$13,280.00
											Tour Championships	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0	$7,116.25
22	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	8	0	$11,030.00	Total	161	0	0	5	0	16	77	51	6	0	$162,863.25

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2008	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,750.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Joaquin Acosta													Paul Baxter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$1,641.25
											1998	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1	0	$3,537.00
											1999	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	$8,287.50
											1999	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2000	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	0	$8,375.00
											2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	$5,975.00
											2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$5,840.00
											2003	AVP	7	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	$7,947.50
											2003	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	$10,500.00
											2004	AVP	10	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	$12,245.00
											2005	AVP	12	0	0	3	0	4	5	0	0	0	$29,575.00
											2006	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	0	$12,725.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	$250.00	2007	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	0	0	$11,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	PAN AM
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	NORCECA
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	$3,700.00	2008	AVP	15	0	0	0	0	1	7	7	0	0	$14,600.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8	4	$3,950.00	Total	Total	135	0	0	5	0	15	60	43	6	6	$132,373.25

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	11	52.4%	3	14.3%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	11-5	68.8%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	15-14	51.7%
2007-2008	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	3-2	60.0%	0-0		0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	0	0	5-7	41.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Manhattan Beach	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14

Head to Head Results
Acosta/Baxter lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Mayer/Nygaard 0-1
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 2	Mayer/Nygaard	11	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-11, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 12 Allen/Halverson 0-1
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Allen/Halverson	12	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q21 Engle/Jones 1-0
9/18/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	Engle/Jones	27, Q21	21-15, 21-12	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q22 Holmes/Mihalic 1-0
9/19/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	Holmes/Mihalic	28, Q22	21-13, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # Q53 Barredo/Boosin 1-0
9/17/08	AVP	AVP Shootout Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 1	Acosta/Baxter	21, Q12	Barredo/Boosin	Q53	21-6, 21-11	0:30